Basic Math Questions and Answers
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Basic MathYou determine that you need 80 square feet of
carpet for your bedroom, but the carpet store
needs the measurement in square yards.
Choose the value that is closest to your needs.
26.7 square yards
9 square yards
7 square yards
80 square yards
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Basic MathSimplify the following expression by using the power of a
power property. Enter your answer in the form a^b.
(4³) 5 =
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Basic MathThe sum of three consecutive even integers is 36. Find the integers.
8, 10, 12
10, 12, 14
16, 18, 20
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Basic MathLily is deciding between two truck rental
companies. Company A charges an initial
fee of $60 for the rental plus $2 per mile
driven. Company B charges an initial fee
of $95 for the rental plus $1 per mile
driven. Let A represent the amount
Company A would charge if Lily drives
miles, and let B represent the amount
Company B would charge if Lily drives x
miles. Write an equation for each
situation, in terms of x, and determine
the interval of miles driven, x, for which
Company A is cheaper than Company B.
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Basic MathRachel has 85 crayons which is 37 less than twice Joshua has. Which of the following represents the given situation?
2n* 37= 85
2n+37=85
2 n-37= 85
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Basic MathThe length of a small rectangular garden is 3 meters more than its width. If the perimeter of the garden is 34 meters, find its width.
8 m
10 m
7m
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Basic MathBrian needs to make a repair. The parts cost $410 and $210 and labor is 4 hours at $50 per hour. Sales tax is 7%. Sales tax is charged on the parts but not on the labor. What is the cost for the repair?
$863.40
$877.40
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Basic MathTina needs to make a repair. The part costs $255 and labor is 3 hours at $40 per hour. Sales tax is 7%.
Sales tax is charged on the parts but not on the labor. True or False: It cost $398.56 for the repair.
True
False
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Basic MathA rectangular room has an area of 315 square feet. The length is 6 feet more than the width. Find the dimensions of the room.
A. 9 feet, 15 feet
B. 15 feet, 21 feet
C. 21 feet, 27 feet
D. 17 feet, 23 feet
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Basic MathMODELING WITH MATHEMATICS One of the largest sewing machines in the world has a flywheel (which turns as the machine sews) that is 5 feet in diameter. The highest point of the handle at the edge of the flywheel is 9 feet above the ground, and the lowest point is 4 feet. The wheel makes a complete turn every 2 seconds. Write a model for the height h (in feet) of the handle as a function f the time (in seconds) given that the handle is at its lowest point when /=0.
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Basic MathSamples can help in estimating a population mean. Which of the
following sample sizes would have the lowest variability in the
sampling distribution?
30
300
3
30000
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Basic MathBrendan needs to make a repair. The parts cost $120 and $95 and labor is 3 hours at $50 per hour. Sales
tax is 6%. Sales tax is charged on the parts but not on the labor. What is the cost for the repair?
O $377.90
O $378.90
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Basic MathYou have been asked to design a
rectangular box with a square base
and an open top. The volume of the
box must be 32 cubic cm. Determine
the dimensions of the box that will
minimize the surface area, where x is
the length of each side of the base
and y is the height of the box.
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Basic MathSolve by completing the square.
3z² + 30z - 33 = 0
Write your answers as integers, proper or improper fractions in simplest form, or decimals
rounded to the nearest hundredth.
Z
or z =
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Basic MathSuppose we assume Google Maps is accurate 99.7% of the time. We
then track the next 1000 trips we take using Google Maps and record
the accuracy. What will be the shape of the sampling distribution of
the sample proportion?
Not approximately Normal
skewed left
normal
skewed right
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Basic MathA sporting event held at a high school had 135
attendees. The event earned a total of $930.
Admission to the event was $10 for adults and
$4 for students. How many adults (a) and how
many students (s) attended?
a + s = 135
10a + 4s $930
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Basic MathA plane flew for 4 hours heading south and for 6 hours heading east. If the total distance traveled was 3,370 miles, and the
plane traveled 45 miles per hour faster heading south, at what speed was the plane traveling east? (Do not include the units
in your response.)
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Basic MathA certain drug dosage calls for 9 mg per kg per
day and is divided into two doses (1 every 12
hours). If a person weighs 237 pounds, how
many milligrams of the drug should he receive
every 12 hours?
(Round your answer to the nearest whole
milligram.)
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Basic MathThe gas tank of a 2010 Ford Focus holds 13.5 gallons.
How many pounds of carbon dioxide are produced by
burning an entire tank of gas?
Express your answer rounded to the nearest tenth of a
pound.
lb of CO₂
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Basic MathIf you use your portable stereo 35 hours per week, and
do not unplug it when it is not in use, how much carbon
dioxide is produced from the vampire energy used by
the portable stereo in one year ? help (energyvampires)
Express your answer rounded to the nearest tenth of a
pound of carbon dioxide.
lb of CO₂
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Basic MathAn Air Conditioner uses 1200 Watts of
electricity and local emissions from electricity
produce 1.37 pounds of CO2 per kWh. If you
run the AC for 2 less hours, how many pounds
of CO2 would you keep from entering the
atmosphere?
0.822
1.644
3.288
1.752
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Basic MathOn the day their son, Peter, was born, Madeline and Ben invested $1500 for his education at 6.7% interest, compounded quarterly. Today is Peter's birthday. He is 19 years old and wants to go to college. a) Circle the four important pieces of information in the question. b) Use a TMV Solver to determine the value of the investment today. Fill in the box on the right. c) How much interest did the investment earn? d) How much interest would the investment have earned in a savings account that paid 0.7% interest per year, compounded yearly?
N 1% PV PMT FV P/Y C/Y PMT: END BEGIN
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Basic MathA grocer needs to mix raisins at $2.00 per pound with granola at $3.25 per pound to obtain 10 pounds of a mixture that costs $2.50 per pound. How many pounds of raisins and how many pounds of granola must be used? (5 points)
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Basic MathScores on an exam are distributed normally with a mean of 72.3 and a standard deviation of 8.9. If 200 students take the exam, how many students would be expected to score higher that 72.3?
100
72.3
200
150
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Basic MathA researcher wants a 68 ounce saline solution with a concentration of 6%. She has concentrations of 3% and 15%. How much of each solution must she use to get the desired concentration?
Select the correct answer below:
51 ounces of 3% solution and 17 ounces of 15% solution
49 ounces of 3% solution and 19 ounces of 15% solution
16 ounces of 3% solution and 52 ounces of 15% solution
52 ounces of 3% solution and 16 ounces of 15% solution
19 ounces of 3% solution and 49 ounces of 15% solution
17 ounces of 3% solution and 51 ounces of 15% solution
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Basic MathAn airplane travels 1200 miles in 4 hours with the wind. The same trip takes 5 hours against the wind.
What is the speed of the plane in still air and what is the wind speed?
Select the correct answer below:
Speed in still air: 270 mph; Speed of the wind: 30 mph.
Speed in still air: 280 mph; Speed of the wind: 40 mph.
Speed in still air: 290 mph; Speed of the wind: 50 mph.
Speed in still air: 300 mph; Speed of the wind: 60 mph.
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Basic MathIn a physiology class, a student mist dissect three different specimens. The student can select one of nine earthworms, one of four frogs, and one of seven fetal pigs. In how many ways can the student select the specimen?
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Basic MathA basketball team sold raffle tickets to raise money for the upcoming season. They sold three different types of tickets: premium for $10, deluxe for $3, and regular for $2. The total number of tickets sold was 276, and the total amount of money from raffle tickets was $855. If 90 more regular tickets were sold than deluxe tickets, how many premium tickets were sold? Provide your answer below:
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Basic MathDoes the ordered pair (-6, 6, 1) satisfy the following system of equations?
-3x - 5y + 2z = -10
x + 2y - 5z = 1
x-3y - 4z = -28
Select the correct answer below:
Yes
No
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Basic MathIn 1955, Life Magazine reported that the 25-year- old mother of three worked, on average, an 80 hour week. Recently, many groups have been studying whether or not the women's movement has, in fact, resulted in an increase in the average work week for women (combining employment and at-home work). Suppose a study was done to determine if the mean work week has increased. 81 women were surveyed with the following results. The sample mean was 83; the sample standard deviation was ten. Does it appear that the mean work week has increased for women at the 5% level?
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Basic MathGiven the following exponential function, identify whether the change represents growth or decay, and determine the percentage rate of increase or decrease per unit of x, to the nearest tenth of a percent.
y = 600(0.71) x/8
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Basic MathInternet Audience At the end of a certain year, the four companies with the largest number of home Internet users in the United States were Microsoft, Time Warner, Yahoo, and Google, with a combined audience of 284 million users. Taking x to be the Microsoft audience in millions, y the Time Warner audience in millions, z the Yahoo audience in millions, and u the Google audience in millions, it was observed that
z - u = 3(x - y) + 28
x + y = 44+ z + u
and x - y + z- u = 52.
How large was the audience of each of the four companies at the end of that year?
Microsoft
Time Warner
Yahoo
Google
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Basic MathWhich property is used to simplify 4/5y + 3(2/5x + 7/5y) to 5y + 6/5x?
Distributive property
Associative property of multiplication
Associative property of addition
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Basic MathAileen Uzin runs a retail store. Her net sales for the year were $162,000.
The cost of the merchandise that she sold was $118,500. Her operating
expenses were $28,920. Her net income was what percent of the net
sales for the year?
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Basic MathOne hundred rats were exposed to high levels of e-cigarette smoke and were then
put through a simple maze.
They could make a choice between going left and going right.
An SRS of 100 rats was chosen to be part of the experiment..
Eighty of the 100 rats went right when running through the maze.
All conditions for inference have been met,
Construct a 90% confidence interval for the proportion of rats that run right when
going through the maze the first time.
(0.722, 0.878)
(0.734, 0.736)
(0.71, 0.89)
(0.76, 0.84)
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Basic MathA hollow glass cone is filled with perfume and placed inside of a hollow cylindrical container with the same height and diameter as the cone. The cylinder will then be
filled with packing material. If the cone occupies 60 cm³ of space, how many cubic centimeters of packing material will be needed?
A, 60
B. 30
C. 120
D 180
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Basic MathA painting measuring 120 cm wide by 80 cm tall is mounted in a picture frame. There is a margin of 6 cm wide at the top and each side of the painting. If the painting is similar to the frame, what must be the width of the margin at the bottom of the painting?
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Basic MathThe average electric bill from Duke Energy is $147 with a standard deviation of $32. What is the probability that the bill will be less than $100?
93%
-7%
17%
10%
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Basic MathSuppose it is estimated that 14% of American women are currently on a diet. A researcher would like to test this claim, so he sets up a simple random survey. He asks 200 women if they are on a diet and 39 said yes. Conduct a one-proportion z test to determine if the percent of women on diets is not 14%
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Basic MathThe following equation:
C 45x + 6900
gives the total cost, in dollars, to produce a units of a product at a factory. If the monthly operating budget of the factor is $40200, how many units can be produced there in that month?
Answer: In that month,units can be produced for $40200.
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Basic MathFive players agree to divide a cake fairly using the last diminisher method. The players play in the following order: Anne first, Betty second, Cindy third, Doris fourth, and Ellen last.
In round 1, Ellen is the only diminisher
In round 2, Betty and Cindy are the only diminishers
In round 3, there are no diminishers
Which player gets her fair share at the end of:
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Basic MathThe probability that it will snow on the last day of January is 85%. If the probability remains the same for the first eight days of February, what is the probability that it will snow at least five of those days in February?
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Basic MathA store owner has these assets: Cash, $4,760; Merchandise Inventory, $78,200; Equipment, $25,600; Supplies, $1,240. One bill of $15,070 and another bill of $7,213 are owed. How much is the owner's capital?